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Eadidiond Yard At Blytee To Close

The llammond I-rumber Company's yard. at Blythe, Riverside county, is to be closed, temporarily at least. Conditions brought about by the flood there last spring mtake this move advisable, it is und.erstood. I!I. I-.r. Schoenthal, manager of the yard, will remain with the Hammond organization. The Ilammond yard at Ripley, which also was closed by the flood, is expected to resume within a short time.

rs NEw EII:TERPRTsE

I The Owens-Parks Lumber Company has begun business on /East Thirty-eigth street near Alameda in Los Angeles. They \ /have incorporated for $500,000 and will engage in a general retail lumber business, handlirrg a full line of building material. The principals of the company are J. C. Owens, G. W. Prinee Jr, A. S. Parks, T. B. Trimb and Edith A. Shluglat. Mr. Parks formerly was connected with the United Sash & Door Company.

DIODESTO IIAS IIAD.STEADY GBOWTE FOR, 13 YEABS; 1922 TO SET ITEW BECORD

One reason why Modesto lumber merchants are well ofr is that'the city has experienced a steady growth for a dozen or more years, as is indicatecl by the expenditures for new buildings.

1'or a period of 13 years, from 1909 to 1921, expenditures for new construction aggregated $6,674,948, an average of $513,457 yearly. But the first half of the present yeer saw more than $500,000 in permits issued, so 1922 is sure to pull up the average. Modesto now has a population of more than 12,000 compared with 4,000 thirteen years ago and is still growing.

As we feel sure that Jack Dionne will make it a big factor toward putting the lumber business of CALIFORNIA on a higher plane